Antonio Ciseri (October 25, 1821 – March 8, 1891) was a Swiss artist. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating
Ciseri was born in Ronco sopra Ascona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland and trained in Florence under Niccola Benvenuti. Ronco sopra Ascona is a municipality near Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the states of the Federal state of Switzerland. Canton Ticino or Ticino ( Italian: tiˈtʃiːno French and German: Tessin and) is the southernmost canton of His religious paintings are Raphaelesque in their compositional outlines and their polished surfaces, but are nearly photographic in effect. Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28 1483 – April 6 1520 was an Italian painter and He fulfilled many important commissions from churches in Italy and Switzerland. Ciseri also painted a significant number of portraits.